Improvement in sewing-machine cases



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WM. H. MARSHALL AND F. A. .ROSS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN SEWING-MACHINE CASES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. E 3,4199, dated August28, 1855.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the. casev open and ready for use;Fig. 2, a front elevation of the case when closed and serving thepurpose of a piece of household furniture.

Our sewingmachine case is intended to serve as a box, which will, whenclosed, protect a sewing-machine from dust or damage, and when open beadapted to the use of the seamstress when using it. TheA dimensions ofone for ordinary use are: height, three feet; front width, twenty oneinches; depth, twenty inches. The top portion (seeFig. 2) will vary inheight with the kind of machine used. It will generally be six or eightinches.

The body of the case forms a cabinet with two 'doors in front, whichopen vout parallel with the front, and lwhen so open form the supportsoftwo leaves suspended from the sides at top. The top portion is in twoparts, hinged at top, and opens so that the front part will lie overupon the rear part. Within and beneath the rear part are drawers to holdwork, &c.

Within the body of the case are the works by which the sewing-machine isoperated, consisting of the treadle and crank, with balancewheel andpulley. The whole is provided with locks, and calculated to be a safedepository of a machine in a private family, and yet be a beautifularticle of household furniture.

Vhat we claim as our invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

1. The making the case in the form of a cabinet, which, when opened,will afford space for operating the machine by the treadle, and willform a table for the work by raising the leaves and supporting them bythe doors of the cabinet when thrown open, in the manner abovedescribed.

2. The construction ofthe folding top, which, when open, furnishesdrawers and shelf for the convenience of the operator, as abovedescribed. l

WM. H. MARSHALL. F. A. ROSS. Vitiiesses:

OwEN G. WAEREN, DANIEL FITZGERALD.

